Tokyo Denki University
{{Short description|University in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{distinguish|University of Electro-Communications}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Tokyo Denki University
| native_name = 東京電機大学
| latin_name =
| former_name = Denki Gakko (1907–1939)
Tokyo Denki Technical High School (1939–1944)
Denki Technical College (1944–1949)
| image_name = Tokyo Denki University.jpg
| caption = Tokyo Senju Campus
| image_size = 300px
| motto = respect for practical science
| established = 1907
| founder = Seiichi Hirota
| type = Private
| president = Tadahiko Ibamoto
| city = Tokyo
| country = Japan
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tokyo
|pushpin_map = Japan Tokyo
|coordinates = {{coord|35.747579|N|139.8071806|E|type:edu|format=dms|display=inline}}
| students = 10,156 (2023)
| undergrad = 9,118 (2023)
| postgrad = 1,038 (2023)
| doctoral =
| other =
| professors =
| campus = Adachi, Tokyo
Hatoyama, Saitama
Inzai, Chiba
| athletics =
| colors = dark blue {{Color box|#1A4472|border=darkgray}}
| affiliations =
| website = [http://www.dendai.ac.jp www.dendai.ac.jp] {{in lang|ja}}
[https://www.dendai.ac.jp/en/ www.dendai.ac.jp/en]
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| logo = 東京電機大学.svg
| logo_size = 300px
|module = {{Infobox Chinese/Japanese| child=yes
|kanji = 東京電機大学
|romaji = Tokyo Denki Daigaku
|hiragana = とうきょうでんきだいがく
|katakana = トウキョウデンキダイガク
}}
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{{nihongo|Tokyo Denki University|東京電機大学|Tōkyō denki daigaku}} is a private university in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1907 as {{Nihongo|2=電機学校|3=Denki Gakkō}}. It was chartered as a university in 1949 with Yasujiro Niwa as first president. Denki (電機) means an electric device in Japanese, and the university is dedicated to science and technology.
Organization
= Undergraduate schools =
- College of Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Department of Advanced Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Information and Communication Engineering
- College of Science and Engineering
- natural science course
- Information System Design Course
- life engineering Course
- mechanical engineering Course
- electronic engineering Course
- Architecture and Urban Environment Course
- College of Future science
- Department of Information Media
- Department of Robotics & Mechatronics
- Department of Architecture
- College of Systems Design Engineering
- Department of Information Systems Engineering
- Department of Design Engineering
- College of Second Department Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Department of Information and Communication Engineering
=Graduate schools=
- Graduate School of Engineering (Master's Program)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Electronic Systems Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Advanced Mechanical Engineering
- Information and Communication Engineering
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Master's Program)
- Natural Science
- Informatics
- Life science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electronic Engineering
- Architecture and Urban Environment
- Graduate School of Future science (Master's Program)
- Architecture
- Information Media Science
- Robotics & Mechatronics
- Graduate School of Systems Design Engineering (Master's Program)
- Information Systems Engineering
- Design Engineering
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology (Doctor's Program)
Notable alumni
- Jirō Nitta, novelist and meteorologist{{Cite web|url=https://pdbooks.jp/profile_nitta-jiro.html|title=P＋D BOOKS|website=P＋D BOOKS|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=2019-06-10}}
- Eiji Tsuburaya, special effects director of films and television series, including Godzilla and Ultraman{{Cite book|script-title=ja:全怪獣怪人|publisher=勁文社|year=1990|isbn=4-7669-0962-3|volume=上巻|pages=310–312|language=Japanese}}
- Tomohiro Nishikado, creator of the Space Invaders shooter game{{cite web|url=http://www.dreams-game.com/profile/president.html|title=Tomohiro Nishikado's biography at his company's web site|publisher=Dreams, Inc.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401041713/http://www.dreams-game.com/profile/president.html|archivedate=2009-04-01|accessdate=2011-03-27}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20090401041713%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.dreams-game.com%2Fprofile%2Fpresident.html&act=url Translation])
- Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, sole member of Team Shanghai Alice and creator of the Touhou Project shoot 'em up video game series
- Kantoku, illustrator and character designer
- Hisashi Koinuma (鯉沼久史), director of the Samurai Warriors video game series and chief operating officer of Koei Tecmo (2015–){{Cite web|url=http://www.jp.playstation.com/psworld/interview/200708/index.html|title=インタビュー 鯉沼 久史さん|work=PlayStation.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917210228/http://www.jp.playstation.com/psworld/interview/200708/index.html|archivedate=2011-09-17|accessdate=2014-02-03}}{{Cite web|url=http://gamebiz.jp/?p=141684|title=コーエーテクモゲームス、鯉沼久史副社長の社長就任が内定 社長の襟川陽一氏は会長職へ 原尾宏次氏と早矢仕洋介氏が執行役員に|date=2015-03-23|work=Social Game Info|accessdate=2015-05-17}}
In popular culture
- In the visual novel Steins;Gate, characters Okabe Rintaro and Hashida Itaru attend the university.{{cite web |url=http://steins-gate.us/characters.html |title=Characters |publisher=Steins-gate.us |date= |author= |accessdate= November 10, 2015}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.dendai.ac.jp/en/ Official website] {{in lang|ja|en|zh}}
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